Why Your Cat Is Meowing So Much—and Other Ways They Seek Your Attention
vocalization include hyperthyroidism cancer and neurologic disease 1 Head to the vet for a diagnosis.
Begging
for Food and Treats
They know we have the food so they want it and will meow at us to try and get it. Occasional treats are not harmful and for overweight cats small lowcalorie treats are a viable substitute when they beg for food.
Treats should not comprise more than 10 of your cats daily calories. Several small meals a day is actually better for cats than one big meal in the morning or evening. Schedule three or four small meals of canned food picking up the remainder after 20 to 30 minutes. If you need to feed dry food because of
Pawing Your Arm or Leg
Some cats need frequent attention and will paw your arm when you are seated or do the figure 8 around your legs as you try to walk.
Some cats simply need more human attention. If the cat is the only cat in the household you may want to adopt another cat for company. Otherwise try to schedule special times for playing lapcuddling and petting for these cats. Cats like routine and if they know that lap time is coming soon chances are theyll leave you alone.
Although pica the eating of nonfood items is not necessarily an attentiongetting behavior it certainly works. Pica manifests also in woolsucking or chewing and its particularly dangerous if your cat eats plastics or stringlike objects. Wool sucking is common in certain breeds including Siamese
